title: Maternal and paternal alcoholism and depressive mood in college students: parental relationships as mediators of ACOA-depressive mood link.
abstract: The present study examined whether suspecting one's mother versus father of alcohol abuse was associated with parent-offspring relationships, and the degree to which parent-child relationships were associated with depressive symptoms. As compared to non-ACOAs (n=288), ACOAs (n=100) reported more negative parent-child relationships (i.e., greater alienation, poorer communication, less trust, greater emotional longing, and more negative attitudes toward the parent) and increased depressive symptoms on the POMS (McNair, Lorr, & Droppleman, 1992). A closer look revealed that suspected maternal alcohol abuse was associated with more negative mother-child relationships, whereas suspected paternal alcohol abuse was associated with more negative father-child relationships. Both maternal alcohol abuse and paternal alcohol abuse predicted depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Old Dominion University, Kristina Krakowski, Virginia Consortium in Clinical Psychology, United States. mkelley@odu.edu
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trinh
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klostermann
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krakowski
mesh_terms: D032721:Adult Children; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D014768:Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult